Dicky Moe (1962)

Name: Dicky Moe
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1962-07-20

Running Time

July 20, 1962
Release Date

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Plot.

In a 19th century fishing harbor, the captain of the Komquot is obsessed with catching the great white whale Dicky Moe. His obsession unnerves his crew so badly that they all desert the ship. Shortly afterward, the captain finds Tom searching for food in the harbor, knocks him out, and takes him aboard. Tom believes at first that he is going on a cruise, but the captain soon puts him to work scrubbing the deck.

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Cast & Crew.

Allen Swift

(voice)

Gene Deitch

Director / Story

Eli Bauer

Story

Štěpán Koníček

Original Music Composer

Václav Bedřich

Animation Director

William L. Snyder

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
July 20, 1962

Status
Released

Running Time
7m

Genres
Animation Comedy

Wiki.

Dicky Moe is a Tom and Jerry animated short film, released on July 20, 1962. It was the eighth of the 13 cartoons in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia. The plotline and title of the short is a parody of the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.